On 03.09.2012 10:40, Zsolt Szalay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Eclipse 4.2 Juno (Build id: I20120608-1400) and I would like to
> change one of its built in plugin, so I would like to checkout the
> source for that, but not find the right tag/version.
>
> The file is: org.eclipse.ui.workbench_3.103.0.v20120530-1824.jar
>
> I tried CVS repo that I found on eclipse site, but I cannot find this
> particular tag/version. I tried Git, where I could find the version,
> but not org.eclipse.ui.workbench itself.
See http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ui.git/tree/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.workbench?id=v20120530-1824
>
> Could anybody tell me please how to get a specific source version of
> Eclipse plugin in step by step? (I am newbie in this area)
> Thank you!

The easiest is to install EGit plus the 'EGit Import Support'. Once
you've done that you can use File > Import... > Plug-ins and Fragments.
Choose to import as projects from a repository and then choose your
plug-ins. This will automatically check out the stuff for you.